You don't just take monuments, statues, artwork down because it don't reflect the current political climate. The past is the past and we need to move on. Maybe I made the wrong comparison. So what? It's a statue, a piece of art, and part of or history, like it or not.
This constant worrying about what happened in the past does not help our country move forward at all. It just keeps us going around in a circle chasing our tail. Trying to erase history is some thing Islamic terrorists do, like blowing up centuries old carvings because it don't fit with their religion. Or like Chinese communists do where everyone has to support the government party line or else you are "reeducated", or killed.
Anyone that is so offended by a statue, they have to have it taken down needs to have their head examined. Where does it stop? The answer is it don't stop until our country is a so called Socialist utopia of the Left. So we will probably have another Civil War if this continues-which is part of the Lefts plane too.